- I love my Bold, but I can't take the problems I'm having with it anymore.
For starters the battery life is pitiful. I can't get a full business day out of it (8-9 hours) without having to recharge.
My 8800 goes for 2 days no problem with my usual usage.
On top of that, my Bold randomly reboots itself. It does this while in the holster, on a call, pretty much whenever it decides to, it reboots. At the moment I would say around twice a day it does this.
I don't know if the 8900 battery life is better, if it is then maybe I'll get one instead, but I'm a bit disappointed in my Bold at the moment.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-04-09 12:18 PMLike 0 - What OS are you running? When I had .167 it wouldnt last a day, but with .266 it defintely lasts 2 days, and dosent reboot.06-04-09 12:35 PMLike 0
- I purchased a Seidio battery for my Bold, you can find one on their website, battery life is much better now. I had similar reboot issue, stuffed some "spacers" (small scrap of paper) between battery and feaux leather back, this holds the battery in place better, and no more random reboots.06-04-09 12:44 PMLike 0
- Battery life varies, depends on what you actually use in a day, how much its on.
Have you tried doing everything to save your battery life?
What are you running on your blackberry? This could be causing it to reboot?
There are many questions that can be asked..
But if your not happy then go to a different berry, that's why there's lots of different kinds
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-04-09 01:04 PMLike 0 - Do what u feel comfy with. I'm typing on an 8820 right now while my new Bold is on its way. If u use it mostly for talk, email, and text with average browsing, ur old phone is fine. I by nature waste money always wanting the newest thing. Also, I have A LOT of downtime to play and get bored easier. The Bold is more multimedia capable and has a camera. If I were more "simple," I honestly feel I could keep the 8820 for another 5-8 years if it still worked properly and still operated on ATT network towers.....for whatever its worth that's my 2 cents
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-04-09 02:46 PMLike 0 - I love the bold. Yes, battery life is less taking into account:
Processor is DOUBLE
More memory
larger screen
higher resolution screen
gps + wifi in one device
3g
So yeah... Why get a bold? LOL. I love my bold and it lasts all day but I have 3g off and I made 3 hrs of phone calls today, sent about 200 emails and received about 150, a ton of BBM messaging and I restarted 2 times (knocks down the battery) cuz Installed apps / upgraded apps. Wifi on for 30 minutes while I sent tons of attachments (pictures). I had to recharge it once . But I love this phone. It usually lasts me the entire day with 40% battery life. But ever since my signifcant other got a BB all we do is blackberry chat when we cant see each other. LOL. I have the Bold and the 8900 is what the other's got. Battery life on both devices is weak. Lol.06-04-09 03:35 PMLike 0 - Os .266 gave mw alot of issues downgrade to .247 my battery last all day and night and u might wanna check to see if u have any apps running in the background..06-04-09 03:41 PMLike 0
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- I never said the device sucked. Quite the contrary, I love my Bold, it is an awesome device, but quite simply I need a device I can rely on to get things done.
I have no idea how to turn off 3G on it without going through extensive procedures that without a doubt will void the warranty, so that's out.
To be honest at&t's 3G in New York City is a joke as far speed is concerned. My 8800 is quite close to my Bold in terms of speed when browsing and downloading. Half the time my Bold cannot even connect to a website even while showing full 3G signal strength.
The same apps I have on my Bold are the exact same apps I have on my 8800, and that doesn't seem to affect the 8800 battery life at all.
I actually have the Seidio 1650 mah battery for my Bold, and it only gives me about an extra hour of battery life compared to the original battery.
Today I have been using my 8800, I left the Bold at home. I left the house at 9:30am this morning and just walked in 10 minutes ago at 6:50pm. I left the Bold fully charged, it is now down to 3 bars, status page shows 60% battery. And that's with no activity at all as I had the SIM card in the 8800 all day.Last edited by Fiasco; 06-04-09 at 06:05 PM.
06-04-09 06:03 PMLike 0 - exatly, i had the same reboot issues with .266. Even though .247 is ever so slightly slower than .247, there have been absolutely no reboots for me. Hope downgrading works for u06-04-09 08:31 PMLike 0
- I never said the device sucked. Quite the contrary, I love my Bold, it is an awesome device, but quite simply I need a device I can rely on to get things done.
I have no idea how to turn off 3G on it without going through extensive procedures that without a doubt will void the warranty, so that's out.
To be honest at&t's 3G in New York City is a joke as far speed is concerned. My 8800 is quite close to my Bold in terms of speed when browsing and downloading. Half the time my Bold cannot even connect to a website even while showing full 3G signal strength.
The same apps I have on my Bold are the exact same apps I have on my 8800, and that doesn't seem to affect the 8800 battery life at all.
I actually have the Seidio 1650 mah battery for my Bold, and it only gives me about an extra hour of battery life compared to the original battery.
Today I have been using my 8800, I left the Bold at home. I left the house at 9:30am this morning and just walked in 10 minutes ago at 6:50pm. I left the Bold fully charged, it is now down to 3 bars, status page shows 60% battery. And that's with no activity at all as I had the SIM card in the 8800 all day.06-04-09 08:38 PMLike 0 - I never said the device sucked. Quite the contrary, I love my Bold, it is an awesome device, but quite simply I need a device I can rely on to get things done.
I have no idea how to turn off 3G on it without going through extensive procedures that without a doubt will void the warranty, so that's out.
To be honest at&t's 3G in New York City is a joke as far speed is concerned. My 8800 is quite close to my Bold in terms of speed when browsing and downloading. Half the time my Bold cannot even connect to a website even while showing full 3G signal strength.
The same apps I have on my Bold are the exact same apps I have on my 8800, and that doesn't seem to affect the 8800 battery life at all.
I actually have the Seidio 1650 mah battery for my Bold, and it only gives me about an extra hour of battery life compared to the original battery.
Today I have been using my 8800, I left the Bold at home. I left the house at 9:30am this morning and just walked in 10 minutes ago at 6:50pm. I left the Bold fully charged, it is now down to 3 bars, status page shows 60% battery. And that's with no activity at all as I had the SIM card in the 8800 all day.
wow 3 bars with no activity something isn't right i have my bold with the out of the box OS and i get 3 bars with serious activity i get up at 8:45 and put my phone back on the charger at about midnight and have about 2 bars left when i am at that point i couldn't imagine dealing with the battery life your phone is having either i don't know the fix for it but it shouldn't be that way06-04-09 11:35 PMLike 0 - Agreed with 3G in NewYork, I am on vacation visiting family, I have been all over long island, and the 3G is about
As fast as my edge network in Minnesota, it has it quirks but there is a another alternative for the 3G to 2G without
Going to the trouble of patching the software, it is under the bold forums somewhere, personally I
Did it the hard way, but it was not that hard, follow the instructions and its cake, I had to do somemore research
On how to restore it for what ever reason, I restored it, worked perfectly, then did the process of patching it again.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-05-09 02:09 AMLike 0 - I have my bold for around 4 months now and nevee have had any reboot issues even with the rogers stock OS.
If your having such issues return item to where you bought asap and request a new unsealed box.
As for battery life it depends how you use the phone and make sure to hit close after using any apps.
I could get 10-12 hours under moderate usage before charging, but I heavy user and get around 5-8 hours a day
Yapping and typing and browsing and so forth LOTS, the battery life is 4.5 hours rated talk time constant and I get 4.5-5 hours
On stock 1550mah battery.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-05-09 06:23 PMLike 0
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